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Lantern House in West Lake Hills, Texas by Dick Clark + Associates

Project name:
Lantern House
Architecture firm:
Dick Clark + Associates
Location:
West Lake Hills, Travis County, Texas, United States
Photography:
Jake Holt
Principal architect:
Kristopher White, AIA
Design team:
Kristopher White, AIA / Kevin Gallagher / Dick Clark III, FAIA
Collaborators:
Interior design:
Kopicki Design
Built area:
8,449 ft²
Site area:
89,734 ft² (2.06 AC)
Design year:
2015
Completion year:
2021
Civil engineer:
TRE & Associates
Structural engineer:
Structures
Environmental & MEP:
Landscape:
West Shop Design
Lighting:
Spectrum Lighting
Supervision:
Visualization:
Tools used:
Construction:
SCC Seymore Construction Co
Material:
Leuders Limestone, Stucco, Metal on wood & steel framing
Budget:
Withheld
Client:
Private
Status:
Built
Typology:
Residential › House

Dick Clark + Associates: The Lantern House sits on the perfect balance between being nestled into the hillside and rising above it. Designed as two levels for a local entrepreneur and family, the very linear “L” shape is able to spread the main spaces of the house out more evenly across the site in the direction of the topography. This allows the view to take precedence in almost every room, while also not sacrificing any functionality of the home.

The resulting design steps the house back as it moves up the hill, using the landscape to activate the architecture and for nature to be experienced from each floor in a different way.

contemporary house design image © Jake Holt 

The simplicity of the horizontal rooflines are only broken by the stair volume where the large site-glazed corner window creates an eminence that serves as a “beacon guiding you home”; hence giving the house its name. The project’s materials palette is centralized around the limestone lueders where the exterior cladding also comes through the house reimagined as other versions of the same stone; the exterior walls (chopped), the interior stone floor (honed), the exterior patio deck (brushed), and the walls in certain areas (polished). By doing this, the stone takes on a new identity as you move through the house.

A wonderfully methodical design that is edited down for the simplicity of modern luxury living.

outdoor furniture and barbecue

natural stone wall and wooden ceiling

modern kitchen design

modern bedroom with garden view

wooden staircase steps and glass handrail

wooden door detail

bathroom with indoor plants and skylight in ceiling

infinity pool with Mountain View

modern residence with infinity pool

 

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By Naser Nader Ibrahim

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